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PAN Political Groups Meet for a Witches Sabbath
By RICARDO CASTILLO Keen insider observers consider that the first gathering of the disperse National Action Party (PAN) at its headquarters in Colonia Del Valle in Mexico City on Saturday, Aug. 10, looked more like a witches’ black sabbath than a political reunion. It became clear that “the spells” to bring “party unity” came from as many as six different
Read moreSeparating Rumors from Facts
By RICARDO CASTILLO It may be an inexact science, but it’s in the air in Mexico these days. In colloquial Spanish, it’s called “rumorología,” which literally translates in English to “rumor-ology.” The flood of rumors preceding the upcoming Sunday, July 1, election is massive. The loudest rumor is that there is a mega-fraud in the making to put the “official”
Read moreLast Week for Electoral Mudslinging
By RICARDO CASTILLO This week before the Sunday, July 1, presidential election reminds me of the same period back in 2006. At that time, I had been appointed by the then-Federal Electoral Institute – now National Electoral Institute (INE) – to be second aboard in a populous booth located in Colonia Roma in Mexico City. Back then this same period of
Read moreMorena’s Phenomenal Surge
By RICARDO CASTILLO In 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto won the presidential election representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), defeating Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) by a narrow, but credible, margin of 38 to 32 percent of the general vote count. Unlike in the aftermath of the 2006 election when AMLO lost to National Action Party
Read moreThe Stench of Electoral Gun Smoke Is in the Air
By RICARDO CASTILLO Good Friday will mark the beginning of the 2018 electoral campaign in Mexico. Up for grabs are the nation’s presidency, nine state governorships, 128 Senate seats, 500 Chamber of Deputies seats and 283 municipal mayoralties. There are also a number of state senate and assembly seats being vied for. Competition will be fierce and intense
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